Category: General
Some specs and launch info can be found in this T-Mobile PDF which contains information, pictures and specifications on the T-Mobile MDA Pro which will also apply pretty much to the SPV M5000 and o2 XDA Exec. Source - T-Mobile PDF
Looks like T-Mobile UK have stormed out of no-where and started selling the MDA Pro right now on their site. You can pick up the T-Mobile MDA Pro for just £149.99 with 200 voice minutes to any network plus 40MB of internet browsing for £16 a month (...
According to The Register 100 people are trialling WiMax for BT in both Belfast and Birmingham. BT, using Navini Networks wireless kit are testing how well the kit works and the experience of wireless broadband. In theory there's a 31 mile (50km) ran...
Something that Microsoft are really big on here in Seattle, and that's feedback. While I am here the Windows Mobile guys keep asking, "How do we make things better?" or "What can we add?" I've already told them stacks of things in previous years and a...
Just a quick note to say that I'm being flooded with emails saying that the Orange SPV has hit the Orange systems this week. We're also getting news that the M5000 is pretty much ready and both devices should be appearing within a couple of weeks. Bot...
Looks like our exclusive story on the Orange SPV C600 proved quite popular. A newspaper called "Spits" has picked it up and has republished the whole thing !Click here to see a clip of the story, which appeared recently in this local paper.
It would appear that the Nokia music phone the "N91" is to be delayed until 2006. The Nokia handset, shown here, has a 2 mega pixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and a 4Gb HD. It comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack and can play MP3, M4A, AAC, and …
Batteries.. we hate them. They don't stay charged at 100% all year around like we want them to. :) A recent survey by TNS showed that two-thirds or mobile phone and PDA users want a battery that lasts at least two days without charge. Due to the fact...
For those of you CoolSmartPhone visitors in the USA, here's some excellent news from Sprint. This is their Sprint PPC 6700. This has been called the HTC Wizard - and indeed looks like one, however this is the CDMA HTC Apache and is now available here ...
It looks like the race to launch the first HTC Universal by a network will be won be Orange with their SPV M5000, who today publish two press releases here and here. Although it's probably going to be a few more days before these hit the stores, Orang...
After a bit of a gap (I was doing stuff), here's the new Podcast from CoolSmartPhone.com. It's a biggy - around 42 minutes - and you can listen to it right now with the online pre-caster thingy at the very bottomg of every CoolSmartPhone page. Don't f...
It looks like the rise and rise of text messaging is severely impacting our future generation and their ability to communicate successfully. According to several news items yesterday, including the Daily Mail, this Telegraph article and the BBC, text-...
Oh! Check it out. Vodafone are selling Windows Mobile handsets in their Vodafone Business channel. They're offering the QTEK 2020i, the Qtek 8020 and the VPA Compact for business users right here at VodafoneBusiness.co.uk Source - Keni at Conchango Li...
We like free stuff here at CoolSmartphone.com, so I was very interested when I received a mail about AgentSMS.com. It's a worldwide "web-2-phone" system that lets you send free text messages to people. Yes, free. It pays for itself by adding a teeny-l...
Hello ! Right. I've got a confession to make. A few months ago I went on MoDaCo and said something like.. "What the chuff are all these new links with the underlines on? They've got tool-tips with adverts! It's a disgrace I tells ya! None of this! Pa...
We previously did some stories on the evolution of TV here and here. Well, now it's going to go another stage further with the implementation of IPTV - a new way of pushing TV down your broadband line. Sure, we've already got something like this, but ...
A good day today for Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They're bosses of Skype and first burst onto the scene coding Kazaa - the (still widely used) file sharing program which allows people to swap music and more. Although - hey - they're seeking to ...
Just read the story on the new Motorola iTunes phone over at Keni's Blog. Keni has an excellent blog and it's well worth a read, so take a click or two when you've got time. He raises some very good points.. "Why is that Microsoft can release an …
I mentioned yesterday about the new Sky TV widget called the Sky Gnome. It's a fantastic idea, and welcomed, but it's the stepping stone onto something bigger. Wherther you've noticed or not, the way we're watching TV is changing by each passing day. ...
See this ? It's called a Sky Gnome. It's gonna be available soon and won't bump up the cost of your Sky TV. It runs on batteries and connects via wi-fi to your Sky box. It'll let you listen to the wide variety of radio stations available on …
A couple of interesting devices have appeared here at eten.ch. The Eten M500 runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 SE and has a camera with flash. However, there's also an upcoming Eten M600 which is due to go on sale any day now (right) running Windo...
A couple of weird stories I've picked up on today which I can't make sense of. Firstly, Liam Billington told me about this rather strange Inquirer article, which talks about ... "(Orange) will release a version of its SPV C550 smartphone featuring Wi...
According to this Smartphonethoughts.com story, the Motorola Q could well be appearing on Verizon Wireless in Q1 2006. The news comes from a conference and a Motorola rep ... "Everything that I've read about the Moto Q has talked about a GSM device....
Whilst looking for more information on the o2 X-Phone II I found the seeo2.com website, which has a plethora of handsets - all made by HTC (oh how I wish I'd bought some shares in THAT company a few years ago!). The handsets sell mostly in the Asia-Pa...
Neil Deadman has emailed in to say... "I went into my local O2 shop the other day, and picked up a brochure. To my amazement, there was a listing for the O2 Xphone II with contract for free!!" "I've heard no mention of this on any site!" It's …
According to this Infosyncworld.com story, the T-Mobile Pro will appear on September 1st... in Germany at least. No word as yet on the rest of Europe, however we are hearing very positive signals that there won't be much of a wait. The race is still o...
Hello, what's this then? Well, it's the MiTAC Mio A701. A GPS-enabled (yes, we said GPS enabled) Windows Mobile phone. This Register article has the full info, which show the phone as having an Intel 520Mhz X-Scale PXA 270 processor, 192Mb of memory a...
Orange have now placed the SPV C550 into their available handsets on the Pay As You Go scheme here. You can now pick it up for a fairly respectable £149.99, then add credit as and when you need it. A lot of people have been asking me when …
I've just been checking out your photos that have been sent in. It's easy to take part. Every time you see something interesting, just take a snap of it on your phone, then attach it to an email either by copying to your PC or direct with Email …
I've added podcast number 11 on tonight. Yes, that's right - just a few short hours after number 10! Number 11 is basically a "question and answer" session, responding to all the voicemails you've left me on Skype. To be honest a lot of the messages w...
I've added Podcast number 10 here this weekend and will shortly be adding number 11, which will be a special one responding to your Skype calls (yes, at last!) I've also tweaked the RSS feed for the Podcast so that it's now fully compatible with iTune...
There's some spectacular offers in our software shop right now. Take this Chainpus Gamepad, not only do you get completely free shipping, but you also get two free games to play with !!! Yes, Sky Force and Flux Challenge are chucked in completely free...
If you're a mobile developer, publisher, manufacturer, provider or programmer then you'll be interested to know that network operator Orange, who brought us the first Windows Mobile phone along with Microsoft, are staging another Code Camp in October....
We've seen the T-Mobile SDA II way back in March however, following the Qtek announcement we now have the very similar looking T-Mobile SDA II now showing in the business section of T-Mobile Germany. Source - TheUnwired.net
Another lovely Podcast is now available for your audio tastebuds here. Check the frigger out now, or use the new "PodCast Preview" wotsit at the bottom of every excellent CoolSmartPhone page. I'll have my own radio show by the end of the year, I can s...
The ultra-thin Smartphone from Motorola has already been featured by CoolSmartPhone, however today there's some close-up shots here where you can see the operating system running. The shots are on bengalboy.com which is a rather.. ermm.. "interesting"...
Agh! Right. Finally, after thinking I'd fixed it yesterday, I've actually got the XML / RSS feed working... with pictures... hurray! Details on what exactly all this RSS / XML mularky is can be found here. It's jolly good y'know. Picture right robbed ...
Another little addition to the site today. unfortunately it's at the bottom of the site (I'm working on something that'll fit elsewhere), but it'll let you quickly listen to one of my PodCasts easily and quickly. Just scroll down now and choose the Po...
I've fiddled around with the PHP code today and now hopefully, if I've done it right, the XML icons at the top should now feed you the appropriate content WITH pictures. Several people requested this, and I kept putting it off (as is my usual style), ...
Following my blog post the other day, in which I mentioned how bizarre it seemed to take photos on camera-phones in the middle of emergencies, things have just gone one step further. New site Scoopt.co.uk encourages you to log in and sell your news-wo...
